We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity. Arthur Erickson artcontinenteasy Change image and share on social
The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself. Arthur Erickson aestheticdevelopmentform Change image and share on social
The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before. Arthur Erickson decimatedemanddestination Change image and share on social
Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive to the medium of expression. Arthur Erickson artexpressionidea Change image and share on social
Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression. Arthur Erickson architecturalbottomcontemporary Change image and share on social
Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture. Arthur Erickson architectureartbasis Change image and share on social
You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film. Arthur Erickson buildcomprehendconvey Change image and share on social
No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them. Arthur Erickson buildingcaliforniadesert Change image and share on social
Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom. Arthur Erickson constrainteuphoricfreedom Change image and share on social
Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today. Arthur Erickson achieveboundcivilization Change image and share on social
